One of the greatest accomplishments a photographer can experience is seeing their work published in a major publication. Beyond preserving your work for years to come, getting published as a wedding photographer offers a range of practical benefits. It acts as free marketing and adds credibility to your brand, helping you stand out to potential clients. One of the biggest hurdles when you’re just starting out is knowing where to submit your work. If you’re feeling stuck or unsure where to start, here’s a curated list of publishers who accept submissions to help guide you in the right direction.
Brides
Brides is an excellent platform for submitting your wedding due to its strong focus on the latest trends, expert advice, and inspiration tailored specifically for brides-to-be. The magazine has a long-standing reputation in the wedding industry, attracting a wide readership of engaged couples who are actively seeking ideas for their big day. Being featured in Brides can significantly enhance your wedding’s visibility, showcasing unique details and personal stories to a targeted audience. Additionally, the platform often highlights diverse styles and themes, allowing for a wide range of creative expressions, making it an ideal space for couples and vendors to connect with those in search of inspiration and guidance. Real brides submissions can be found here.
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Weddings plays a crucial role in the wedding planning process by providing couples with expert advice, innovative ideas, and inspiration. The platform offers resources for designing every aspect of a wedding, from intricate details to luxurious themes. It features a wide range of articles, tips, and real wedding stories that help couples navigate planning challenges and make informed decisions, ensuring a personalized and memorable celebration. Additionally, the site showcases submissions from wedding photographers, allowing couples to discover diverse styles and trends in wedding design!
The Knot
The Knot is an excellent platform for submitting your wedding for feature consideration due to its wide-reaching audience and established reputation in the wedding industry. With a large community of engaged couples, the site offers significant exposure to vendors, photographers, and wedding styles. Being featured on The Knot can enhance your visibility, attract potential clients, and showcase your unique wedding details to a broader audience. Additionally, The Knot provides inspiration and resources that couples actively seek, making it a valuable platform for sharing creative ideas and experiences.
Style Me Pretty
Known for its emphasis on aesthetics and creativity, Style Me Pretty attracts a dedicated audience of engaged couples and wedding enthusiasts. Being featured here can elevate your wedding’s visibility, as the site highlights unique styles, trends, and personal stories. Additionally, the community values high-quality photography and innovative designs, making it an ideal space for vendors and couples to share their artistic visions and connect with a like-minded audience.
Vogue
Being featured in Vogue is a hallmark of excellence. It signals that your work meets the highest standards of style, artistry, and storytelling. It’s not just another publication—it’s a legacy name that instantly enhances your professional reputation. Vogue has a vast, international readership. A feature puts your work in front of brides, planners, and luxury brands from around the world. This can lead to more high-end bookings and collaborations with elite vendors
Inside Weddings
Inside Weddings specifically curates and celebrates high-end weddings. If you’re photographing couples who invest in premium experiences and thoughtful details, this is the audience that will get it—and value it. With both a respected print magazine and a strong digital presence, Inside Weddings gives you the best of both worlds. A print feature is tangible, collectible, and prestigious, while digital exposure reaches a broad and active audience online. Unlike some outlets that gloss over the creative team, Inside Weddings consistently credits and uplifts photographers. They highlight your artistry and give proper recognition to your work and vision.
Green Wedding Shoes
Green Wedding Shoes is all about non-traditional, personality-driven weddings. They love bold choices, unique details, and celebrations that reflect the couple’s story. If your work captures authenticity, artistry, and style, it fits right in. GWS attracts couples who care deeply about aesthetics. They’re design-minded, adventurous, and not afraid to break the mold. These are the kinds of clients who want their wedding to be different—and are drawn to photographers who think the same way. Getting published on GWS doesn’t just put your name in front of couples—it’s seen by planners, designers, florists, and stylists looking for photographers who understand elevated, creative storytelling. Submit your unique wedding here.
Junebug Weddings
Junebug was built by photographers, for photographers. They truly understand the craft, and their features reflect that. Your work isn’t just a backdrop—it’s the centerpiece. They consistently showcase the emotion, artistry, and technical skill that great wedding photography brings. Junebug curates high-quality, visually compelling weddings that reflect real love stories with personality. If your style is bold, editorial, romantic, or adventurous, this is the perfect audience to see it. Junebug attracts a wide international audience of modern, style-driven couples—as well as planners, designers, and fellow creatives. It’s an incredible platform to connect with couples looking for photographers who can elevate the experience and the art. Submit an editorial here.
Wedding Sparrow
Wedding Sparrow was made to help encapsulate timeless beauty within the wedding industry. It has been voted 4 times as the best wedding blog and holds 5 prestigious awards within the industry. They specialize in fine art weddings. Known for sharing what is inspiring creatives in the industry, Wedding Sparrow wants their creatives to be seen and celebrated for their craft! With a passion for elevated design, they want to highlight creatives who have an organic style.
The Wed
Commonly known for their destination weddings, The Wed brings together the latest trends, chic weddings and new innovative ideas from leading professionals and venues around the world! The Wed welcomes “unconventional” thinking that transcends traditional ideologies. It is important for their submissions to embrace a diverse love. One that celebrates every background and culture. If you have a bold, wholly unique, and imaginative celebration to share, The Wed is the publication for you!
The Anti Bride
The Anti Bride is a popular choice for contemporary weddings. With a focus on fashion forward audiences, The Anti Bride shares real unique weddings from across the globe. This is the perfect publication for your non-traditional couples.
Rangefinder Magazine
Rangefinder Magazine is a publication tailored to professional wedding photographers, offering valuable insights on shooting techniques, gear, and business strategies. It also highlights inspiring work from accomplished photographers. If you believe your portfolio aligns with their style, submit your publication here.
The Lane
The Lane is a digital wedding magazine dedicated to showcasing chic, fashion-forward celebrations. It offers inspiration through real wedding galleries, vendor listings, and informative articles. To learn more about how to contribute, check out their submissions page.
Elle
Elle is for the bold and the intelligent, delivering a sense of discovery and optimism through inclusive and innovative content, rich visual storytelling, sharp reporting, and a mix of high fashion and personal style.
Hello May
Hello May is an Australian based magazine. It was created to bridge the gap between talented wedding vendors and brides and grooms who are looking for unique and creative ideas for their big day. Hello May stands out by focusing on the personal connection between vendors and clients. With an emphasis on the stories and personalities behind the professionals. Hello May provides an opportunity for photographers to differentiate themselves and create a lasting impression on potential clients.
Tatler
The Tatler, is a British magazine focused on high society, fashion, and lifestyle. Their general audience attracts a wealthy and influential market, making it an appealing platform for weddings that align with its aesthetic.
People
People has been long been dedicated to inform, entertain and inspire its viewers with content everyone is talking about. Often credited as the official news source for celebrities, entertainment and all things royals, People is a great place to submit!
Over the Moon
Over the moon is a one stop shop for destinations, weddings and baby registry must haves! Created by one of the editors at Vogue, Over the Moon features aspirational, yet applicable, real weddings. It is a great source for those interested in submitting their work that pertains to a market driven by style.
Overall, do your research on which publication seems to be the best fit for you, your brand and the wedding you choose to submit. For more tips and tricks, check out my blog here!
